Jones & Keefe: Is starting pitching a concern for the Red Sox?

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00:00I haven't liked what I've seen out of Houck.

00:01I haven't liked what I've seen out of Buehler.

00:04Fitz, again, has been fine, but he's going to be out of the rotation in short order.

00:08So I guess the glass-half-full way to look at it, Keith, is, well, Crochet's at the top.

00:14He's been lights out.

00:15Houck and Buehler should be better, and reinforcements are coming when you get to Bayo.

00:20I don't think Cutter Crawford's anywhere near it.

00:22We'll see with Giolito.

00:23Doesn't sound like it.

00:23But at least with Bayo, reinforcements should be on the way.

00:26So you have four real starters, and then whoever your fifth starter is, a lot of teams have that problem.

00:31I guess that's the glass-half-full way to look at it.

00:34The way that I would look at it right now is I'd say you haven't had a good starter outside of Garrett Crochet.

00:39Is starting pitching beginning to become a concern for this team?

00:43Yeah, no, it is.

00:44I think it has to be, and they may have reinforcements on the way, but what does that look like?

00:50If one of those reinforcements is Lucas Giolito, then I don't know what to tell you.

00:54Actually, let me strike this from the red.

00:56Go ahead.

00:56Hunter Dobbins had a nice start in there.

00:57I shouldn't say nobody else has had a good start.

00:59I don't think that guy's staying in the rotation.

01:02In fact, is he already back in Worcester?

01:04Well, that's true.

01:04He did get Quinn Priest or Traded.

01:05He had a Priester.

01:06You see the Brewers got another pitcher, too?

01:08They made a trade with the Orioles?

01:10No.

01:10They must be desperate for pitching.

01:12So they're just making deals left and right.

01:13Anyway, Dobbins isn't going to stick in the rotation, but he, at least, to his credit, had a nice start.

01:17Yeah, yeah.

01:18Crochet's been the only guy who's going to be in your rotation who's been any good.

01:20He's been great.

01:21They have played 11 games.

01:24Quality start, perhaps not the best statistic out there, but, of course, six innings or more, three earned runs or less.

01:30How many quality starts does the team have in 11 games?

01:36Three.

01:36I think we just identified them.

01:37Correct.

01:38Crochet and then the one from Dobbins, probably.

01:40No, no, no.

01:40Dobbins.

01:41No, Fitz actually has two quality starts.

01:42Fitz has two quality starts.

01:44Fitz has two of the three.

01:46Huh.

01:46Dobbins only went five.

01:47Oh, so there you go.

01:48That's why.

01:48So Dobbins only went five.

01:49Yeah, so Fitz was, what, six and three runs both times?

01:50He literally hit the metrics.

01:52Yep.

01:52Six and three.

01:54So if that's what you get out of Fitz, I'll take it.

01:55I mean, then Crochet had a bunch.

01:57But again, it's 10 base runners.

01:59No, I get it.

01:59But, okay, so he has the most quality starts on the team.

02:02Yes.

02:02But what this boils down to is Walker, Bueller, and Tanner Houck.

02:06Because I think whoever your 4-5 starter is, every team in baseball outside of the Dodgers

02:12says the same thing.

02:13Like, all right, six innings, three runs, you'll gladly take it.

02:16If Dick Fitz does that every game, what a career year for Dick Fitz.

02:20See you next time.

02:21Alright.

02:21Bye, Rebecca.

02:22Bye.

02:23Bye.

02:24Bye.

02:25Bye.

02:26Bye.

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